Improved clothes-line holder



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1 y y y CARL KALoK, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

f PLetter-s Patent No; 104,597, datediune21,1870.

IMPRovE CLOTHES-LINE HoLD'Bn.

i L i n '.lhe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makingpart of the sama.

.Be it known thatI, CARLA; KALCK, ofthe city l and countyof Philadelphiaand State of Pennsyl- C Vania, have invented a new `and usefulImprovement in Olothesline Holders; and I do `hereby declare thefollowing to vwbeyaifull, clear, and exact description thereof,suiicient to `enable others skilled n theart towhichlmyinventionlappertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto theaccompanying drawing making partici' this specification, in which-Ifi'gure 1 isaperspective view of the device, illus trating myinvention."

Figure 2` represents modifications thereof. y

. Figure 3 is a centralvertical section.

Similar letters of `reference indicate corresponding partsinfthcfigures. y

My invention relates `toa device for holding clotheslines; and

i yIt consistsot a groovcd ollerinounted upon .a con-` v icalpintlcwhich is cast witlrthe bach plate having an extended l1ead,'all` ofwhich will hereinafter' be desoribed.-

In l the ,drawing-,i f

representsarpin, which is to be driveninto the In the upper or mainportion A' of said` pin there projects, horizontally, a pintle ora'od,B, which forms a pivotifor a roller, 0. i

i This roller is groved circumferentially, so that, in

'transverse section or side view, it forms somewhat of `a double Shook,of fwliich D is the headand E the back. l, The pintle is of` conicalforni, and is cast with the pin Ai.

The openingin'the roller() is of similar conical form, sothat thefriction of the roller is mainly on the pintl, and,thus the back E ofthe roller is partlyr relieved from friction with the pin.

Itiwill be seen that the" roller is arranged at or about right angles`to tliexaxis of the pin, and the i head of the pin is free, in Iorder tobestruck fordriv-` ,ing the pin'into position. `The pin may, however, beformed with a series of openings, so as to be'screwed` into place, orits lowerend may be screw-threaded or be bent at right anges to the mainportion Af for the same purpose. l ,i y

It is well known that clothes or wash-lines are run lrue this 4th day ofApril, 1870.

`diagonallyfrom fence to fence, or fence to wall, or elsewhere, andthere isnaturally rubbing and oliaiing ofthe rope or line. i

' vertically-arranged rollers have been employed to I Y remedy thisdefect, but another one is encountered. When the rope is slack orslackens it will invariably' `slip therefrom and foul with the place ofconnection. All drawing or pulling on the rope only serves to increasethe diticnlty, and soon the rope wears ont.

My invention is designed to. overcome these evils.

When theholderis in place, the line is easily thrown on the roller, andthen drops into the groove thereof.

j There can be no displacement forward or backward in View of the headAand back of the roller, and, consequently, no fouling of the linebetween the back E be loosened, audit is appa-rent`that a person needoccupy but one stand-point todraw in the whole line.

There will be no change in his position for `throwing 'off the line fromeach hook or for clearing it, since there exists no obstacle to thefreedom-of the line.

1t will be'seen that I avoid cliang -orrubbing of i the line, even inthe'operation of tightening, the bend ing down by the weight of theclothes, or the subse-` quent swaying of the wind, and produce a simpleand convenient device.

I do not claim, broadly, `a roller fon/thc purposes of a clothes-lineholder; but,

Having described my invention,

What -I/ do claimv as new, and desire tcsecnre by Letters Patent,is'`

As a new article of manufacture, the .clothes-line holder, consisting ofthe conical piutle B and pin A, ywithits extended head B' castI in onepiece, and the grooved rollerUD E, combined and operating together as`herein shown and described. l

The above. specification of my invention signed by CARL A. KALCK.

Witnesses:

Cris. ALBERT Rniormnn, FRANCIS H. Estoniano.

